Cocaine-related admissions to an intensive care unit: a five-year study of incidence and outcomes.
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Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. sineadagalvin@yahoo.ieIssue Date
2010-02MeSH
AdolescentAdult
Cocaine
Cocaine-Related Disorders
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Ireland
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Young Adult
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Cocaine-related admissions to an intensive care unit: a five-year study of incidence and outcomes. 2010, 65 (2):163-6 AnaesthesiaJournal
AnaesthesiaDOI
10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06189.xPubMed ID
19930217Abstract
Cocaine misuse is increasing and it is evidently considered a relatively safe drug of abuse in Ireland. To address this perception, we reviewed the database of an 18-bed Dublin intensive care unit, covering all admissions from 2003 to 2007. We identified cocaine-related cases, measuring hospital mortality and long-term survival in early 2009. Cocaine-related admissions increased from around one annually in 2003-05 to 10 in 2007. Their median (IQR [range]) age was 25 (21-35 [17-47]) years and 78% were male. The median (IQR [range]) APACHE II score was 16 (11-27 [5-36]) and length of intensive care stay was 5 (3-9 [1-16]) days. Ten patients died during their hospital stay. A further five had died by the time of follow-up, a median of 24 months later. One was untraceable. Cocaine toxicity necessitating intensive care is increasingly common in Dublin. Hospital mortality in this series was 52%. These findings may help to inform public attitudes to cocaine.Item Type
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1365-2044ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06189.x
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